Plebeia grapiuna Melo & Costa, 2009
Plebeia grapiuna
Melo, G. A. R. & Costa, M. A. (2009). A new cluster-brood building species of Plebeia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from eastern Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 53: 77-81 [77] .
Type data: holotype DZUP <F> worker , paratype DZUP <F> workers (8) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (7) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (5) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (3) , paratype DZUP <F> workers (3).
Type locality: Brasil, Bahia, Ilhéus, Campus da UESC, 17.i.2007, Melo & Costa, em ninho.
Etymology: The name 'grapiuna' is applied to the cocoa-producing region of southern Bahia, as well as a nickname for its inhabitants; from the Tupi-Guarani guirá, bird, plus piuna, dark skin, used here in allusion to the dark integument of the worker bees..
Distribution
Neotropical Region: Brazil (Bahia [Ilhéus])
References
Melo, G. A. R. & Costa, M. A. (2009). A new cluster-brood building species of Plebeia (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from eastern Brazil. Rev. Bras. Entomol. 53: 77-81 [77-81] (diagnosis, taxonomic notes, worker description, geographic records, biology, nesting site: bark of live tree Samanea inopinata, Mimosaceae, and inside crevices underneath wooden doorframes of buildings, defense behavior, nest characteristics, nest entrance, brood cells in clusters, figures, morphology, nest)
Online since: 23 Jul 2008
Last update : 17 Jul 2023